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F1 teams unite to combat COVID-19

Prior to the cancellation of the F1 Australian Grand Prix, Red Bull racers prepare to start a Cooler Runnings event in Melbourne, March 11, 2020. /VCG UK-based F1 teams have been working under

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Red Bull's Marko suggested F1 drivers to catch COVID-19 deliberately

Red Bull Racing Team driver development head Helmut Marko in the garage during Day Two of F1 Winter Testing at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in Barcelona, Spain, February 27, 2020. /VCG Red B

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On-demand shuttle startup Via hits $2.25 billion valuation on latest funding round led by Exor

On-demand shuttle startup Via has hit a $2.25 billion valuation following a Series E funding round led by Exor, the Agnelli family holding company that owns stakes in PartnerRe, Ferrari and Fiat Chry

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Color is launching a high-capacity COVID-19 testing lab and will open-source its design and protocols

Genomics health technology startup Color is doing its part to address the global COVID-19 pandemic, and has detailed the steps it’s taking to support expansion of testing efforts in a new blog p

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Cue Health awarded $13 million government contract to develop portable, point-of-care COVID-19 test

Biotech startup Cue Health has secured a $13 million contract from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Service’ Biomedical Research and Development Authority (BARDA), which will be used to s

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Phoenix officer killed, 2 others wounded; gunman killed

Authorities say a 22-year-old man fatally shot a Phoenix police commander and wounded two other officers as they tried to remove him from a home after his roommates com

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White House turns to statistical models for virus forecast

Like forecasters tracking a mega-storm, White House officials are relying on statistical models to help predict the impact of the coronavirus outbreak and try to protec

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Niantic is updating Pokémon Go and other titles to support indoor gaming

Niantic, the development company behind popular AR mobile games Pokémon Go and Harry Potter: Wizards Unite, is adapting its titles to support at-home gaming in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Typic

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Trump uses wartime act but GM says it’s already moving fast

Twelve days ago, General Motors put hundreds of workers on an urgent project to build breathing machines as hospitals and governors pleaded for more in response to the

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Blaming China for COVID-19 is an overused tactic to shift blame

Editor's note: CGTN's First Voice provides instant commentary on breaking stories. The daily column clarifies emerging issues and better defines the news agenda, offering a Chinese perspective on

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Wuhan Economic and Technological Development Zone sees over 97 pct major enterprises resume work

As of Sunday noon, 471 out of the 483 total industrial enterprises above designated size in Wuhan Economic and Technological Development Zone had resumed work, with an

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FDA grants emergency authorization to system that decontaminates N95 respirator masks for re-use

The global coronavirus pandemic has meant that there’s a widespread effort to develop and advance creative solutions to new problems, like worldwide shortages of necessary front-line medical equ

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American scientists refute Wuhan as the novel coronavirus' origin

00:39 The origin of the novel coronavirus has been widely discussed online since the outbreak. The conspiracy theories around it have also emerged endlessly.Previous sc

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Zhong Nanshan: Key to defeating COVID-19 is 'distancing'

01:46 A look at the current global spread of COVID-19 gives a grim picture of the situation as the number of infections around the world has kept growing in recent weeks especially in

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US civil rights leader Joseph Lowery dies aged 98

US civil rights leader Reverend Joseph Lowery who campaigned with Martin Luther King died on Friday aged 98."Our beloved, Rev. Dr. Joseph Echols Lowery, made his transi

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It looks like Brandon Middaugh is heading up the $1B Microsoft climate fund

Earlier this year, Microsoft made waves in the corporate community by coming out with one of the most ambitious and wide-ranging strategies to reduce carbon emissions from the company’s operati

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NYU makes face shield design for healthcare workers that can be built in under a minute available to all

New York University is among the many academic, private and public institutions doing what it can to address the need for personal protective equipment (PPE) among healthcare workers across the world